LTO List Interviews
All Occasional Teachers interested in getting onto the LTO List, need to apply for an interview via the TVDSB Employee Portal during the month of February. Regulation 274 stipulates that OTs must have taught with the Board for ten months (and at least 20 days), so only those hired on or before February 1st, 2017 are eligible.
Please note that the interview process is the only route to the LTO List so those Occasional Teachers currently teaching in LTO positions still need to apply.
Privatization Alert!
Click on the Elem LTO List (new) and be sure to hit the "Submit" button. It is advised that you print off a screen shot after you have submitted since HR does not send our confirmations.
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Privatization Alert!
The recent bankruptcy of "Carillion", the multi-national corportaion given the contract to maintain Ontario highways (formerly kept up by public sector workers), is just the latest example of the true costs of privatization.
Join OPSEU President Smokey Thomas, Peggy Sattler MPP, Ken Lewenza and others for a discussion on privatization and how to stop its erosion of our jobs and our communities.
The meeting will be held Thursday, February 1st from 7 - 9 pm at the Wolfe Performance Hall of the London Public Library, 251 Dundas Street. Stand up for public services.
Register at https://www.weownit.ca/london_privatization_panel?utm_campaign=london_panel&utm_medium=email&utm_source=weownit
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ETFO Violence in our Schools Survey
The recently released results of ETFO's all member survey conducted by Stratcom, show no surprises - the number and severity of violent incidents in our schools is increasing. Violence negatively impacts our teaching and classroom management, causes mental strain and injury of our members. Three-quarters of us feel that actions taken by schools are ineffective in preventing recurrences. These issues must be addressed by the Provincial Government and ministries and the funding of special education must reflect the needs of the system. For more information about the current funding shortfall, check out http://www.etfo.ca/AboutETFO/Publications/PositionPapers/PositionPapersDocuments/Shortchanging%20Ontario%20Students%20-%20An%20overview%20and%20assessment%20of%20education%20funding%20in%20Ontario.pdf
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Ailing Iranian Teacher Union Leader Esmail Abdi has been sent back to jail for his union activism and his campaign for teachers rights and free public education. He has committed no crime.
Please join other Teachers from around the world and take time to petition for his release at
https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=3688
The meeting will be held Thursday, February 1st from 7 - 9 pm at the Wolfe Performance Hall of the London Public Library, 251 Dundas Street. Stand up for public services.
Register at https://www.weownit.ca/london_privatization_panel?utm_campaign=london_panel&utm_medium=email&utm_source=weownit
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ETFO Violence in our Schools SurveyThe recently released results of ETFO's all member survey conducted by Stratcom, show no surprises - the number and severity of violent incidents in our schools is increasing. Violence negatively impacts our teaching and classroom management, causes mental strain and injury of our members. Three-quarters of us feel that actions taken by schools are ineffective in preventing recurrences. These issues must be addressed by the Provincial Government and ministries and the funding of special education must reflect the needs of the system. For more information about the current funding shortfall, check out http://www.etfo.ca/AboutETFO/Publications/PositionPapers/PositionPapersDocuments/Shortchanging%20Ontario%20Students%20-%20An%20overview%20and%20assessment%20of%20education%20funding%20in%20Ontario.pdf
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Ailing Iranian Teacher Union Leader Esmail Abdi has been sent back to jail for his union activism and his campaign for teachers rights and free public education. He has committed no crime.
Please join other Teachers from around the world and take time to petition for his release at
https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=3688
